Postoperative Hypoglycemia Is Associated With Worse Outcomes After Cardiac Operations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypoglycemia is a known risk of intensive postoperative glucose control in patients undergoing cardiac operations. However, neither the consequences of hypoglycemia relative to hyperglycemia, nor the possible interaction effects, have been well described. We examined the effects of postoperative hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and their interaction on short-term morbidity and mortality.

Methods

Single-institution Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) database patient records from 2010 to 2014 were merged with clinical data, including blood glucose values measured in the intensive care unit (ICU). Exclusion criteria included fewer than three glucose measurements and absence of an STS predicted risk of morbidity or mortality score. Primary outcomes were operative mortalit

SUBMITTER: Johnston LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5762111 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature